Recently, Malaysia joined the efforts to support Namibia in addressing the drought crisis by committing N$710 400 to the nation’s response plan, stated Deputy Minister of International Relations Jenelly Matundu. She noted that Namibia has intensified its drought relief initiatives, aiming to assist 340 000 households through food distribution, water supply, livestock assistance, and seed...
WALVIS BAY – Health and Social Services minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has expressed alarm at the impact of oral diseases worldwide, noting that it affects an approximate 3.5 billion people globally. In Namibia, the challenges are significant, and he indicated that 37.8% of children aged one to nine suffer from untreated caries in their deciduous...
Roland Routh Eveline de Klerk Conservancies in the Khorixas area of the Kunene region lodged an urgent application on Monday in the High Court to stop the construction of a road there. Ottilie Ndimulunde, who was awarded mining concessions in the area, intended to construct a road to get access to her mining concessions. However,...
KATIMA MULILO – To bring services and the administration of justice closer to the citizenry, the government inaugurated the multi-million-dollar Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The state-of-the-art facility, which cost N$84 million to complete, includes key features, designed to provide an optimal environment for the administration of justice and those who work under it. Speaking...
Lahja Nashuuta Swapo Party Youth League secretary Ephraim Nekongo has refuted allegations that the governing party had used artificial intelligence to generate the party’s manifesto, claiming they used a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. Swapo launched its much-anticipated manifesto over the weekend at a packed Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. While the party members hailed the...
A businessman from Katima Mulilo is suing the town’s mayor for a whoppingN$978 723. 08 for blocking a musical festival. Businessman Peter Chola Musonda and his company Zanbami Investments CC planned a musical festival at the Ngweze Hall on 23 December 2023. To this effect, they approached the Katima Mulilo Town Council with a proposition...
HOACHANAS – Vice President Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah said Namibians must all know that justice is an unlimited right. Hence, the government must always strive to ensure that it is adequately provided throughout Namibia. She delivered this message in her keynote address when officially inaugurating the newly constructed periodical court in Hoachanas last week. “The right...
KATIMA MULILO – A jovial Monday afternoon for four minor children ended tragically when their lives were cut short after getting trapped in an old deep freezer at Cowboy location in Katima Mulilo. The deceased children who are from different households were playing together at a house where the unused freezer lay idle outside. It...
Iuze Mukube The Social Security Commission (SSC) has paid out N$66.7 million in sick leave benefits over the past three years. This information is contained in a recent presentation by SCC CEO Milka Mungunda as the Commission marked 29 years of existence. Broken down, the Commission paid out N$20.4 million in 2021/22, N$22.8 million in...
Lahja Nashuuta Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has promised citizens a “social cash transfer” from envisaged oil revenues, if voted into power, and suggested government’s housing delivery strategy can improve with greater responsibility to local authorities. He said the cash transfer programme is the only effective way to “pull children and families out of...